As we approach the 2026 NATO Summit, the alliance’s eastward shift in its center of gravity continues to gain momentum.

Last week, reports emerged that the United States is now in the early stages of internal conversations within NATO to expand nuclear sharing arrangements to include countries that joined the alliance within the past 30 years, such as Lithuania and Poland.

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